2011-08-27 -38 145
| Sat 27 Aug 2011 in -38,145: -38.1807526, 145.0797592 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a creek at Mt Eliza.
Who went
Expedition
Felix Dance
This turned out to be much more of an adventure than I'd expected.
At work as usual on a Saturday I discovered that the hash was on a detour for my route home. Also not sitting in private property I knew I had to go for it. Finishing up early at about midday and sneaking out I jumped in the car on this beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon and sped off towards Port Philip Bay, being careful to skirt around the intervening Western Port Bay.
Sadly, climbing the steep Mt Eliza I realised my car's clutch had almost totally given out - quite annoying since only three weeks ago I'd had it replaced. This sadly, gave the trip the sheen of frustration that was difficult to shed.
Arriving within 30m of the hash at 1:30pm I quickly dis-car-ed and headed for the hash without much ado other than test-riding a bike advertised for free on the nature strip nearby.
But immediately I hit a brick wall - literally an extended thick clump of spikey blackberry bushes that I discovered to be impenetrable and impassable without a machete. Was this hash to end in failure?
No. I walked up-stream beside the surprisingly deep valley of the creek until I found a landslide that allowed me access to the water below with my clothes/skin intact. The next TWO HOURS saw me g...r...a...d...u...a...l...l...y clambering down this small flowing creek 250m towards the hash. That's right. Barely over 100m an hour. In the process I was torn to bits, blood oozing from many new orifices in my epidermis, spider-scurried upon, drenched with sweat and water and covered in vegetable detritus. It was really starting to get me down.
The last straw came as I was trying to step over a slippery rock onto a log above the water ...
Here is the Google Maps route I took.
